2008/6/26 Ron Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: >> I do not think that they can crack root without my 8 character >> upper/lower/number password. Can they? How would having my own account >> help? > > http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/jun/16/nuclear.pakistan > http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/15/world/asia/15nuke.html > > - From these articles, I infer that the Swiss secret intelligence > service cracked encrypted files in 1-3 years. Maybe they had help > from the NSA? Maybe it was weak encryption? Maybe the Swiss > decrypters are very good? >
That's fine. To even get to the encrypted files they will need to crack the password on the machine. Then they will need to suspect that I have files as valuable as the nuclear secrets in the article. That to me is acceptable risk. Thanks. Dotan Cohen http://what-is-what.com http://gibberish.co.il א-ב-ג-ד-ה-ו-ז-ח-ט-י-ך-כ-ל-ם-מ-ן-נ-ס-ע-ף-פ-ץ-צ-ק-ר-ש-ת A: Because it messes up the order in which people normally read text. Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing?